Improvement in curling-irons



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

H. D. JENNINGS, OF ILION, ASSIGNOR TO BERNARD LAVERY, OE WATER- FORD, NEW YORK.

IMPROVEMENT IN CURLINGfIRONS.

Specification' forming part. of Letters Patent No. 48,626, dated July 4, 1865,

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, HENRY D. J ENNINGS, of Ilion, in the county of Herkimer and State of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Curling-Irons; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, referencebein g had tothe accompanying drawing, forining part of this specification, said drawing representing a longitudinal view ot' the iron, partly 'in section.

This invention consists in making a curlingiron for producing an artificial curl in the hair ot two separateand distinct parts, of which that part on which the hair is to be twisted or curled consists of a hollow shell of metal, and has a. hollow handle of wood or other material which is a poor conductor otheat, through which, the other part, after having been heated in the fire, is inserted for the purpose of heating the shell to the requisite degree, thus avoiding the soiling-of the outer surface of the curling-iron and heating it more uniformly than is practicable when the whole is inserted into the re.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will now describe its construction and operation.

A is the tube or shell, of steel-orany other suitable material, and of proper length, made a little conical. To the exterior of the larger within the shell A and held there until the lat l ter is sufficiently heatcd,and then withdrawn. The hair which is to be curled is twisted around the shell and held there until it is sufficiently heated so as to retain the twist or curl after the shell is withdrawn from the hair,

It will easily be perceived thatall dangerof burning orscorcl'iing the hair'isentirely avoided by the use ofthe described curling-iron.

Having thus fully described my invention,

' what I claim as Pmy invention, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is

A curling-iron constructed and made in two parts, conslstin g of a shell and core, each having a separate handle, substantially as and for the purpose described. t

H. D.. J ENNINGS. Witnesses:

J. W. CooMns,` H. M. STREVER. 

